<div dir="ltr">I am writing again for some help advice!<br><br>I am trying to get my daughter's laptop ( a pink Medion!!) connected to our wireless router through Linux (I have installed OpenSuse11)<br><br>I have been seeking help on the OpenSuse forum (<a href="http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/wireless/388302-rtl-8187-b-wlan-support-2.html">http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/wireless/388302-rtl-8187-b-wlan-support-2.html</a>)<br>
<br>the jist of it seems to be;<br><br>1) that the present kernel does not support this particular Wlan card<br>2) I could build my own kernel to gain a newer version, however I might have problems with other hardware on the computer<br>
3) I could use ndiswrapper - some advice on the forum not to do this or that it doesn't always work - this feels a bit involved for me at my stage of Linux experience (or lack of it)<br>4) I could wait for a newer version of the kernel to be incorporated into a distro , which is quite straightforward to install<br>
<br>I would value any thoughts advice - thanks<br><br>Steve Redshaw<br></div>